Article written by Gbenga Sogbetun on Ibinabo’s Jail term.
It’s interesting they way people have responded to the recent ongoings with Ibinabo Fiberesima. Ib Fiberesima
is my cousin, first cousins actually. When I first read in the news
about a month ago that Lagos state was revisiting the case of her
involvement in the accident I was a bit surprised, I got in touch with
her and she told me to keep her in my prayers. Same also went for
another court case about a girl who won a beauty pageant she organized.
Now what is of interest to me is the
negative comments she has received concerning the new judgement. My
prayer for us all is that we do not end up in situations that we have
very little control over, and also that we do not end up on the wrong
side of the law. The aim of this post is to hopefully enlighten those
who would like to listen to know the Ibinabo that I know. Ever since I
can remember, Ib has been a go-getter. Nothing stands in her way,
nothing is impossible, and she speaks her mind. She is very hard
working. I have had the opportunity to spend many a night at her place
in Lagos and Port Harcourt. Ibinabo comes home most times after 10 p.m,
stays up till about 1a.m, still working, and is up by 6 a.m to go out to
work again.
The haters might ask “what sort of work does she do”? Wells
she owns and manages AMC productions, has for the past few years been
the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, an organisation she has
helped transform, and thirdly she is always caring to people’s needs.
Ibinabo is one of the most generous people I know. She goes out of her
way to help people to the point where people keep on taking advantage of
her but that has not deterred her from helping yet still. The ibinabo
most people know is not just the pictures she posts on her social media
platform, she is also like you and I.
She cries, she laughs, she gets
sad, she falls sick, she gets angry, she has a bad,….. basically the
same things we all go through only that like most other people none of
it was handed to her on a platter of gold. She worked for it. It’s a
pity that she has to be the one who is going through this harrowing
experience once again. God will be with you and I will keep on putting
you in my prayers. o by the way, these are some pictures I took of her
about 2 years ago in her house eating eba and Okro soup, just like all
of us do.